Tombstone in New Cemetery to Mary Morwenno Bolitho, Wife of Philip Le Grand Gribble is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Tombstone.
Tombstone in New Cemetery to Mary Morwenno Bolitho, Wife of Philip Le Grand Gribble
- WRENN ID
- grey-gable-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- Tombstone
- Address
- Tombstone in New Cemetery to Mary Morwenno Bolitho, Wife of Philip Le Grand Gribble, Station Road, Ashwell
- OS grid reference
- TL 272 400
- Coordinates
- 52.04424, -0.14612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tombstone, located in the corner of the New Cemetery, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1924. It is made of Portland stone and features a slightly tapering tabernacle frame with a moulded segmental head. The sides and base are stepped. The north side has shallow niches that contain well-crafted relief carvings of the Virgin and Child. Additionally, there is an inscribed dado and a wreath motif on the rear. The tombstone commemorates Mary Morwenno Bolitho, the wife of Philip Le Grand Gribble.
Local climate
Tombstone in New Cemetery to Mary Morwenno Bolitho, Wife of Philip Le Grand Gribble sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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